5th Light Horse Brigade
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5th Light Horse Brigade
| 5th Light Horse Brigade | |
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| Active | 1918 |
| Country |  Australia |
| Allegiance | Australian Crown |
| Branch | Australian Army |
| Type | Mounted Infantry |
| Size | Brigade |
| Part of | Australian Mounted Division |
| Equipment | Horse |
| Engagements | Sinai and Palestine Campaign |
| Insignia | |
| Unit colour patch |  |
The 5th Light Horse Brigade was a mounted infantry brigade of the First Australian Imperial Force, formed in Palestine in July 1918 they served in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign, as part of the Australian Mounted Division. [1][2]
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Commander
- Brigadier General G. M. MacArthur Onslow
Formation
- 14th Light Horse Regiment
- 15th Light Horse Regiment
- French 1er Regiment Mixte de Cavalerie du Lavant
- New Zealand 2nd Machine Gun Squadron
- 5th Signal Troop [1]
Battles
References
- ^ a b "5th Light Horse Brigade". diggerhistory. http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-a-l-horse/5th_lh_bde.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
- ^ "Mounted Troops". unsw.adfa.edu.au. Archived from the original on 25 March 2009. http://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/~rmallett/Light_Horse.html. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
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